Stephen Duffy Lyons

Stephen Duffy Lyons was a British Army lieutenant who served in the Royal Irish Regiment during World War I.

Biography
Stephen Duffy Lyons was born in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland to an upper-class family, and, by 1914, he was engaged to the Irish theatre actress Elizabeth Butler. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Duffy Lyons called on other Irishmen to show their loyalty to the King in the hopes that he would eventually grant the Irish home rule; meanwhile, his wife was secretly attending Irish Republican Brotherhood meetings and planning to take part in a rebellion against continued British rule. Lyons went on to enlist in the Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army and served on the front lines, but he returned for two weeks' leave in April 1916. On 18 April 1916, he gained the permission of Elizabeth's father to marry on the next Monday.